Court issues warrant for Christopher Colwell after failing to appear

The Fremont County courts issued a $50,000 bench warrant for Christopher Colwell, 33, after he failed to appear for a filing of charges hearing Wednesday morning.

Colwell was arrested late Saturday night on first-degree assault charges after the Cañon City Police Department responded to a report of a stabbing at the Western Convenience Store at 1228 Royal Gorge Blvd.

According to a press release issued by the CCPD, officers were dispatched at about midnight Saturday and found Jonathan Fisher, 24, bleeding heavily from an apparent stab wound to his torso.

Officers provided medical assistance until medical personnel arrived on scene. While waiting for medical personnel, Fisher was able to provide officers with Colwell's name as a suspect, according to the release.

Fisher was transported to St. Thomas More Hospital.

Sunday morning, with the assistance of deputies from the Fremont County Sheriff's Office, Colwell was located in Williamsburg and taken into custody without incident, states the release.

Fisher has been homeless but was living with Colwell and his wife at one point, according to the release.

Colwell was advised Monday, and he posted a $5,000 bond that day.

Colwell is now on the Fremont County Sheriff's Office's Most Wanted list.

Article Comments

We reserve the right to remove any comment that violates our ground rules, is spammy, NSFW, defamatory, rude, reckless to the community, etc.

We expect everyone to be respectful of other commenters. It's fine to have differences of opinion, but there's no need to act like a jerk.

Use your own words (don't copy and paste from elsewhere), be honest and don't pretend to be someone (or something) you're not.

Our commenting section is self-policing, so if you see a comment that violates our ground rules, flag it (mouse over to the far right of the commenter's name until you see the flag symbol and click that), then we'll review it.